With Charles turning 9 on the 14th of June I decided to treat him to a special day out the Sunday before. I have a rule that when it comes to their birthdays, the weekend I have them whichever side of their birthday is the weekend I celebrate with them.
I gave Charles the option a while ago of what he wanted to do and he asked if we could hire a boat out as he wanted to be Captain for the day.
Who knew hiring a boat was such a stress. So many places to look all with various options and a whole range of different prices for the same boat and hire time.
I ended up hiring a boat, along with my mum, from 10am until 3pm...thinking we had enough time to then drive where we needed to be, a 2 hour boat ride, an hour for lunch, then 2 hours back. And that's how our day ran perfectly.
It was chilly in the morning but soon managed to brighten up.
I drove for the first part of the journey, with a little bit of boy help, then we moored up (which I am still good at from my sailing days *smug face*) and had the picnic I had prepared the night before...which also included Charles' chocolate birthday cake he requested.
Driving back my mum's partner drove the boat and I relaxed at the back.
Charles had a longer go at driving and did amazing well. My Titanic mad boy would make a superb Captain one day.
After we brought the boat in we drove through Norfolk and stopped to get some bits for dinner and I treated everyone to an ice cream.
We went home, relaxed, had a lovely dinner and chilled out for the rest of the evening.
It was an absolutely lovely day and Charles was so grateful for being treated to the boat.
Thank goodness for the weather!
